weekend update

[beige_alert]

News from my weekend:

• Skating on the 400 meter oval at The Pettit National Ice Center is really fun. It surprises me that there are so few 400 meter indoor ovals. Sure it’s big and presumably expensive, but there are lots and lots of much bigger, much more expensive sports facilities, and you’d think that at least more of the ones from previous Olympic games would still be in use.



• The chocolate and cherry bread from Piacentine’s Artisan Bread at the Milwaukee Public Market is really good.



• St. Paul’s Fish Company in the Public Market is selling “salmon on a stick” in Teriyaki, Mesquite, and plain flavors. It is Really Good! Anyway, how could I resist something called salmon on a stick?



• aryana_filker and I finally had a nice chat by telephone. (That seven hour time difference is inconvenient.) As nice as e-mail is , it is so nice to talk. Also nice that these days a call to Germany can cost very, very little.

Comments

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

:) Yes, nice phone chat - but who on earth built a highway into the phone line?

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Well, most of the time the sound was good.... Anyway, € 0.017/minute is fairly cheap even if it weirds out occasionally.

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, that's really cheap!

[xap]

yay for phone calls!
salmon on a stick? er?....okay

chocolate & cherry bread? NUM! :) Really, i just like that idea :)

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

I'd love some chocolate and cherry bread! *soggh* Bakers aren't creative over here in Germany!
Xap, I hope you don't mind that I added you to my friend's list! :)

[xap]

ooh yay! new friends! :) (so no, i don't mind a bit *grin*)

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

Fine! :)

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

I thought you had good bread over there? Or is it just dull but good bread? This place has all sorts of interesting breads. I tried a sample of the blue cheese and walnut. I'm going to have to buy a loaf of that the next time the have it!

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

We have nice bread over here, but not so... creative recieps. :) I think cherry and chocolate bread would run as cake over here!

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Not a whole fish. A big chunk of smoked and seasoned salmon meat on a stick. It's a bit like a corn dog, only without the corn or the dog, and with something actually good and also nutritious.

The bread is really good.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Salmon on a stick?

Any chance you're coming to FKO and could bring some? ;)

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I'm not going to FKO this year, though I'm going to try to attend next year. If you ever find yourself in Milwaukee, though, I know where you can get some good fish. And bread. Coffee. Chocolate. Wine. All sorts of stuff. But if I was going, I'd be seriously tempted to pack a bunch up in a cooler....